Nils, my cousin, was in Australia recently with his sister Ellen. While staying with my parents they were exposed to a full range of Australian foods – paddle pops, tim tams, shapes, frosty fruits, (the magnificently-named) golden gaytimes. Nils took to Anzac biscuits*, which is not a great surprise as he has a great love … Continue reading »
My Philosophy of Food course has finished for the semester – it went really well, and I hope to teach it again in the future. Because the students were so fantastic, for the last class I tripled this recipe, making a massive pile of biscuits (cookies). We spent our final session talking about the relationship … Continue reading »
(From Nancy Olsen, via Gilt Taste) I have never had a whoopie pie in my life. In fact, I am still not entirely sure what they are, except for being told by several people that they are overly sweet. These are not overly sweet – in fact, the reason I chose to make them as my contribution … Continue reading »
(From Smitten Kitchen, who adapted it from Bon Appetit) On a cold, rainy Wednesday morning, we decided to take some time out of our busy schedules and bake an enormous batch of cookies (I mean, this makes a lot – I distributed half to one of my classes, we ate many of them, naturally, and there … Continue reading »
